A coalition of health care groups advocating for public health insurance have launched a 10-day television ad campaign targeting senators in 10 states, including Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, and North Carolina. More...
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As the debate rages over health care reform, a new study by a group of Harvard doctors found that several major health and life-insurance companies in both the United States and overseas have nearly $4.5 billion invested in tobacco stocks. More...
Texas has both the highest rate and the greatest number of uninsured children of any state. Addressing this problem, Texas lawmakers are poised to take a large and bi-partisan bite out of the number of uninsured children. More...
The campaign for educational benefits for undocumented college students has been heating up all over the country the past few months both at the grassroots level and in the halls of Congress. More...
Across the nation, citizens and lawmakers support the choice of a public health insurance option that will help ensure that all Americans have access to quality and affordable health coverage, the Progressive States Network reports. More...
In contrast to the drumbeat of anti-immigrant attacks in past legislative sessions, this year has seen states across the country proposing in-state college tuition rates for undocumented students. More...
Believe it or not, it's a Democratic Senator from one of the poorest states in the nation. More...
Arkansas will be pushed into the spotlight as the battle over the Employee Free Choice Act heats up in Congress -- where the state's two senators may hold deciding swing votes deciding the bill's fate. More...
Facing massive budget crises, states are beginning to move away from the "lock-'em-up" approach to crime. Is the South ready to make the shift? More...
SOS Ballots -- a top corporate-backed group fighting the Employee Free Choice Act -- is shrouding its anti-union campaign in the language of voting rights. But its leaders aren't known for being friends of racial justice or protecting the vote. More...
Gay rights' advocates and foster care advocates are challenging a new Arkansas law banning unmarried couples living together from becoming foster or adoptive parents. More...
Sen. Blanche Lincoln's (D-Ark.) announcement that she is backing away from the key labor reform could kill the measure. Does her decision have anything to do with the corporate giants in her backyard? More...
Despite this year's historic election, the gay rights movement suffered a shocking defeat as California voters approved Prop 8, a ban on same-sex marriages that will override a recent court decision legalizing them. More than 11,000 same-sex couples could possibly... More...
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